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HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank everybody who has spoken in the debate. I particularly thank my noble friend Lord Shinkwin, who brought such vivid and real lived experience to the debate, and…02 Apr 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill [HL]I declare my technology interests as set out in the register, not least as adviser to Socially Recruited.04 Mar 2025HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]26 Feb 2025HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, following the theme of benign attention from government to amendments that have washed up in this group, I shall speak to my Amendment 41. In doing so, I declare my…26 Feb 2025HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this short debate. I fear I might have got the noble Lord, Lord Fox, more on side if I talked about AI lawn-mowers, but…26 Feb 2025HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendments 27, 34 to 37 and 40, also in my name. In a Bill that is completely absent of AI and silent on technology, how fortunate it is that we…26 Feb 2025HANSARDUK Border Strategy: Single Trade WindowMy Lords, I declare my technology interests set out in the register. What steps are the Government are taking to promote the benefits of the Electronic Trade Documents Act, to…25 Feb 2025HANSARDBank Closures: Impact on Rural CommunitiesMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Arbuthnot and to have the opportunity to congratulate him again on being recognised as Parliamentarian of the Year for…13 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise briefly to support Amendment 22 in the name of my friend the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb. I do so because, in simple terms, it seems logical and…11 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Moylan. I will speak to Amendments 35 to 39, 43, 45A and 79A, in my name. I thank the noble Lords who have countersigned…11 Feb 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: RegulationTo ask His Majesty’s Government, following the publication of the AI Opportunities Action Plan on 13 January, what plans they have to introduce legislation in 2025 for regulating…10 Feb 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: RegulationMy Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper and declare my technology interest as set out in the register.10 Feb 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: RegulationMy Lords, with the world talking AI in Paris this week and with parts of the EU AI Act already brought into force earlier this month, is it not over time for the Government to…10 Feb 2025HANSARDProperty (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]My Lords, I have the pleasure of supporting the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Anderson, for reasons not least of clarity and consistency, but also relating to the point raised…03 Feb 2025HANSARDProperty (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate. The purpose of the amendment was to do exactly that: to have a debate on these issues around this special…03 Feb 2025HANSARDProperty (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]03 Feb 2025HANSARDProperty (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]In standing up to move an amendment, I must declare that I am not the noble Lord, Lord Anderson of Ipswich.03 Feb 2025HANSARDProperty (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]I know; I feel it too. It is a pleasure to move my Amendment 6, the purpose of which is to have a debate on the broader issues that underpin both the blockchain and distributed…03 Feb 2025HANSARDProperty (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]My Lords, again, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Anderson of Ipswich, not least to be able to say “tertium quid” again. It is certainly at the heart of our…03 Feb 2025HANSARDProperty (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a pleasure to support the noble Lord, Lord Anderson of Ipswich, in bringing forward this amendment. Again, it brings us back to that perennial question of…03 Feb 2025